The Unity of the Church
A Theological State of the Art and Beyond
Edited by E. van der Borght, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Biographical note
Eduardus A.J.G. Van der Borght, Ph.D. (2000) in Theology., Leiden University, is Desmond Tutu Professor and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at VU University Amsterdam. He has published on theology of ministry, ecclesiology and public theology.
Readership
All those interested in theology, ecclesiology, and the unity of the church.
Table of contents
The Unity of the Church and the Reformed Tradition - An Introduction
Eduardus Van der Borght
1. Communion - Responding to God’s Gift
Lukas Vischer
2. Church Unity, Territorialism, and State Formation in the Era of Confessionalisation
Wim Janse
3. Parallel Coexistence of Churches. The Church in Transylvania: Its Unity and Disunity - A Contextualized Example
Juhász Tamás
4. “Is Christ Divided?” - An Analysis of the Theological Justification of a Church Schism
J.H. (Amie) van Wyk
5. Calvinus Oecumenicus - Calvin’s Vision of the Unity and Catholicity of the Church
I. John Hesselink
6. One Church and the Pure Preaching of the Word - Theses and Observations on the Theme
Alasdair Heron
7. A Biblical Theological Hermeneutics, the Pure Preaching of the Word of God, and the Unity of the Church
Seung-Goo Lee
8. The Medium and the Message - Sola Scriptura and (Dis)unity in the Reformed Tradition
Dora Bernhardt
9. The Unity of the Church and the Pure Administration of the Sacraments
Lyle D. Bierma
10. Confessions as Instruments of (Dis)unity?
Dirkie Smit
11. Forms of Unity or of Disunity – The Confessions in the Recent History of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Henk van den Belt
12. Gospel Discipline and Church (Dis)unity in the Reformed Tradition
Alan P.F. Sell
13. The Healing of Memories—Finding One Another Again in Christ
Jeffrey Gros
14. An Asymptotic Dialogue? A Response to Jeffrey Gros
Leo J. Koffeman
15. Ecumenical Theology and the Unity of the Church - A Reformed Understanding of Ecumenical Engagement and the Unity of the Church
Setri Nyomi
16. ‘No Popery’: A Blessing or a Curse? Ministry as an Instrument of Unity within the Reformed Tradition
Eduardus Van der Borght
17. Office as an Instrument of Unity
Allan Janssen
18. One God and One Church – Considerations on the Unity of the Church from the Perspective of Biblical Theology
Abraham van de Beek
19. One Savior, One Church - Reconciliation as Justification and “New Creation”
Philippe Theron
20. The Reality of the Unified Church
Annette Mosher
21. The Church as an Echo of the Triune God
Christiaan Mostert
22. Is the Triune God a Model for the One Church?—Reply to Christiaan Mostert
Paul Wells
23. Trinitarian Ecclesiology and the Search for Unity—A Reformed Reading of Miroslav Volf
Gijsbert van den Brink
24. The Church as Sacrament
Martien E. Brinkman
List of Contributors
Index
Eduardus Van der Borght
1. Communion - Responding to God’s Gift
Lukas Vischer
2. Church Unity, Territorialism, and State Formation in the Era of Confessionalisation
Wim Janse
3. Parallel Coexistence of Churches. The Church in Transylvania: Its Unity and Disunity - A Contextualized Example
Juhász Tamás
4. “Is Christ Divided?” - An Analysis of the Theological Justification of a Church Schism
J.H. (Amie) van Wyk
5. Calvinus Oecumenicus - Calvin’s Vision of the Unity and Catholicity of the Church
I. John Hesselink
6. One Church and the Pure Preaching of the Word - Theses and Observations on the Theme
Alasdair Heron
7. A Biblical Theological Hermeneutics, the Pure Preaching of the Word of God, and the Unity of the Church
Seung-Goo Lee
8. The Medium and the Message - Sola Scriptura and (Dis)unity in the Reformed Tradition
Dora Bernhardt
9. The Unity of the Church and the Pure Administration of the Sacraments
Lyle D. Bierma
10. Confessions as Instruments of (Dis)unity?
Dirkie Smit
11. Forms of Unity or of Disunity – The Confessions in the Recent History of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Henk van den Belt
12. Gospel Discipline and Church (Dis)unity in the Reformed Tradition
Alan P.F. Sell
13. The Healing of Memories—Finding One Another Again in Christ
Jeffrey Gros
14. An Asymptotic Dialogue? A Response to Jeffrey Gros
Leo J. Koffeman
15. Ecumenical Theology and the Unity of the Church - A Reformed Understanding of Ecumenical Engagement and the Unity of the Church
Setri Nyomi
16. ‘No Popery’: A Blessing or a Curse? Ministry as an Instrument of Unity within the Reformed Tradition
Eduardus Van der Borght
17. Office as an Instrument of Unity
Allan Janssen
18. One God and One Church – Considerations on the Unity of the Church from the Perspective of Biblical Theology
Abraham van de Beek
19. One Savior, One Church - Reconciliation as Justification and “New Creation”
Philippe Theron
20. The Reality of the Unified Church
Annette Mosher
21. The Church as an Echo of the Triune God
Christiaan Mostert
22. Is the Triune God a Model for the One Church?—Reply to Christiaan Mostert
Paul Wells
23. Trinitarian Ecclesiology and the Search for Unity—A Reformed Reading of Miroslav Volf
Gijsbert van den Brink
24. The Church as Sacrament
Martien E. Brinkman
List of Contributors
Index
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